COL.  GEORGE  WASHINGTON  FLOWERS 
MEMORIAL  COLLECTION 


DUKE  UNIVERSITY  LIBRARY 
DURHAM,  N.  C. 


PRESENTED  BY 

W.  W.  FLOWERS 


PROSPECTUS 


OF 


THE  CITY  OF  RALEIGH. 


liALEIGH: 

PUINTED  RY  JOSEPH  GALfeS  &  SOX.' 


1834. 


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EXTRACT 


FR03I  THE 


^URNAL  OF  THE  LAST  CONVENTION  OF  THE  DIOCESSv 
Held  in  JVarrenton^  May,  1833. 


"  1.  Resolved,  That  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  the  Diocess  of 
North-Carolina,  will  establish  a  School,  to  be  located  in  or  near  the  City  of 
Raleigh,  to  be  called  the  "  Episcopal  School  of  North-Carolina." 

2.  Resolved,  That  the  object  in  establishing  this  School,  is  to  afford  to 
the  friends  and  members  of  our  communion,  an  opportunity  of  educating 
their  children  in  classical  and  other  learning,  and  of  instructing  them  in  the 
Doctrine,  DiscipUne  and  Worship  of  the  Church. 

3.  Resolved,  That  the  Convention  annually  appoint  by  ballot,  a  Com- 
mittee consisting  of  12  persons,  4  of  whom  shall  be  Clergymen,  and  8  Lay- 
men, to  be  called  the  "  School  Committee  to  whom,  with  the  Bishop  as 
Chairman,  shall  be  entrusted  the  whole  management  of  the  School  ;  any 
two  Clergymen  and  four  Laymen  of  whom,  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the 
transaction  of  business ;  and  the  Committee  shall  report  their  proceedings 

4|pnually  to  the  Convention. 

4.  Resolved,  That  the  School  Committee  take  measures  for  opening  the 
School  forthwith :  And  to  enable  them  to  do  so,  that  they  be  authorised  to 
employ  Teachers  and  to  procure  a  suitable  building.  And  resolved  further, 
that  the  Convention  will  fulfil  any  engagements  which  may  be  entered  into 
by  the  Committee. 

5.  Resolved,  That  the  School  Committee  be  authorised  to  employ  as  ma- 
ny Agents  as  they  may  think  proper,  for  the  purpose  of  calling  upon  the 
members  and  friends  of  the  Church  for  pecuniary  aid  to  effect  this  object. — 
Resolved  further,  that  the  members  and  friends  of  our  communion  be,  and 
are  hereby  exhorted,  as  far  as  their  means  will  permit,  to  lend  their  aid  to 
the  support  of  the  School." 


I  ■iii>9^o««<—. 


«  RESOLUTIONS. 


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TEACHERS 


OF  THE 

EPISCOPAL  SCHOOL. 

J3>SEPH  G.  COGSWELL,  Doctor  in  Philosopliy,  .  .  .  Rector. 

REV.  JOSEPH  SAUNDERS,  A.  M   Chaplaiv 

TOHN  DE  BERNIERE  HOOPER,  A.  B.  .......  Teacher. 


PROSPECTUS,  &c. 


The  Committee  of  the  Episcopal  School  having  so  far 
executed  their  trust,  as  to  feel  authorised  in  naming  a  particular 
day  for  opening  the  School,  beg  leave  to  submit  the  foUowina; 
Prospectus  to  the  friends  of  the  proposed  Institution.  And  as 
the  School  will  differ  in  some  respects  from  the  literary  institu- 
tions in  our  State,  it  is  deemed  advisable  in  tlie  present  address 
to  be  more  explicit  on  its  character  and  objects  than  might  other- 
wise be  necessary. 

GENERAL  OBJECTS  OF  THE  SCHOOL. 

The  Episcopal  School,  as  intended  by  the  Convention,  will 
be  a  truly  Christian  Seminary  its  object  being,  by  a  thorough 
education,  to  prepare  young  men  for  every  duty  in  the  present 
life,  and  for  a  happy  immortality  in  the  life  to  come. 

What,  then,  is  essential  to  the  attainment  of  this  end  ? 

That  every  School  aiming  to  fit  youth  for  the  duties  of  life 
should  provide  for  a  thorough  training  in  classical  and  other 
secular  learning,  will  be  admitted  by  all  ;  and  such  provision 
will  certainly  be  made  by  the  Episcopal  School.  But  to  pre- 
pare them,  both  for  the  present  life  and  for  that  which  is  to 
come,  instruction  must  manifestly  be  religious  as  well  as  sec- 
ular. Hence,  we  propose  to  secure  for  our  pupils  the  means 
of  becoming  good  men  and  pious  Christians.  Throughout  the 
whole  course,  secular  and  religious  instruction  will,  so  far  as 
practicable,  be  blended.  From  the  smallest  boy  to  the  most 
advanced  student,  instruction  in  Religion  will  form  as  regular 
a  part  of  his  education,  as  instruction  in  Mathematics,  or  in  the 
Classics.  In  this  manner,  it  will  be  the  aim  of  the  School  to 
make  the  religious  knowledge  of  the  pupils  keep  pace  with  their 
other  knowledge ;  so  that  by  the  time  their  secular  education 
is  completed,  they  may  be  well  grounded  in  the  principles  of 
the  Gospel,  and  in  the  Doctrines,  Discipline  and  Worship  of 
the  Church. 

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But  instrudion^  though  both  secular  and  religious,  is  only 
a  part  of  education.  The  Episcopal  School,  however,  will  aim, 
so  far  as  the  course  extends,  to  accomplish  all  the  objects  of 
Christian  education,  in  the  most  enlarged  acceptation  of  that 
term. 

The  morals  of  boys  when  first  removed  from  the  restraints  of 
the  parental  roof,  are  perhaps  a  source  of  deeper  anxiety  to  tlieir 
parents  than  even  their  instruction.  Many  a  parent  has  found, 
upon  the  return  of  his  son  from  School,  that  some  learning  has 
been  acquired  by  him,  but  at  the  melancholy  price  of  corrupt 
principles  and  dissipated  habits.  In  the  proposed  School,  the 
moral  habits  and  manners  of  the  pupils,  will  be  considered  an 
important  part  of  education.  And  to  guard  and  improve  these, 
by  a  constant  supervision  of  the  pupils — by  a  familiar  and 
affectionate  intercourse  with  them — ^by  keeping  them  from  the 
common  temptations  to  vice — ^by  forbidding  them  to  go  from 
the  School  grounds,  unless  in  company  with  a  teacher,  or  by 
express  permission — ^by  filling  up  all  their  time  with  study  and 
exercise— by  denying  them  the  use  of  money  for  improper  pur- 
poses—and by  checking  the  earliest  indications  of  any  vicious 
habits — will  be  a  paramount  object  with  the  Rector  and  other 
Teachers.  On  these  means,  under  the  Divine  blessing,  they  will 
rely  for  counteracting  evil  propensities,  and  reclaiming  offend- 
ing pupils.  But  should  all  these  precautions  fail,  and  a  youth 
become  decidedly  immoral,  he  will  not  be  permitted  to  remain 
in  the  School,  and  thus  exercise  a  corrupting  influence  over 
other  Students. 

Another  important  object  in  education,  is  the  preservation  of 
health,  and  the  invigorating  of  the  youthful  constitution.  Tiie 
beautiful  and  healthy  site  of  the  School,  will  of  itself,  tend  much 
to  this  object,  as  will  also  the  strict  attention  to  the  morals  of 
tlie  pupils,  already  mentioned.  The  Institution,  however,  will 
not  rely  altogether  upon  these.  Early  rising,  and  retiring  re- 
gularly to  bed — abundant  and  systematic  exercise — the  inter- 
diction of  all  sedentary  games — simple,  nutritious  and  regular 
diet— cleanliness— commodious  and  well  ventilated  apartments, 
and  due  precautions  against  exposure  in  hot  or  bad  weather, 
will  be  united  with  tiie  other  means  to  preserve,  where  it  already 


exists,  tliis  fiist  of  earthly  blessings ;  and  to  impart,  where  it 
does  not,  health,  and  vigor,  and  physical  activity. 

There  is  still  another  object  necessary  to  a  liberal  education. 
It  is  to  discipline  the  mind  on  philosophic  principles,  so  as  to 
make  the  person  as  able  a  man,  as  his  share  of  natural  talent 
will  admit.  Every  educated  man  knows  perfectly  well,  that 
it  is  not  the  amount  of  knowledge  which  a  youth  gains  at  school, 
that  constitutes  the  true  value  of  education.  It  is  the  mental 
discipline  which  he  there  undergoes,  and  the  ability  which  he 
thence  acquires,  of  obtaining  such  information  as  liis  future  cir- 
cumstances may  demand.  To  train  the  mind  in  this  manner, 
it  must  be  directed,  in  turn,  to  such  studies  as  will  best  assist 
in  the  developement  and  discipline  of  its  principal  faculties. 
Its  powers  of  perception,  attention,  memory,  imagination,  judg- 
ment, reasoning  and  invention,  have  each  their  appropriate  in- 
struments, by  which  they  are  developed  and  invigorated.  No 
one  of  these  purposes  will  be  disregarded  in  the  course  of  edu- 
cation in  the  Episcopal  School  ;  and  a  reference  to  this  object 
will  regulate  the  order  in  which  the  studies  will  be  taught.  The 
chief  reliance,  however,  for  early  mental  discipline,  will  be  the 
study  of  the  Greek  and  Latin  Classics,  and  of  pure  Mathema- 
tics 5  for  it  is  believed,  that  there  is  no  one  faculty  of  the  mind, 
which  is  not  directly,  or  indirectly  called  into  action  by  these 
studies,  when  pursued  upon  a  proper  method. 

All  the  foregoing,  appear  necessary  parts  of  an  enlightened 
Christian  education.  Instruction  therefore,  in  Classical  and 
other  learning  ;  the  inculcation  of  the  principles  and  duties  of 
the  Christian  religion  ;  a  parental  supervision  of  the  moral  ha- 
bits and  manners  of  the  pupils  5  the  preservation  of  their  health 
and  a  systematic  discipline  of  the  mind  ;  these,  are  the  purpo- 
ses which  the  Episcopal  School  will,  under  the  blessing  of  God, 
eiideavor  to  effect  for  all  those  who  may  be  entrusted  to  its  care. 

FORM  OF  GOVERNMENT  AND  DISCIPLINE  OF  THE  SCHOOL, 

To  accomplish  these  several  objects  ;  to  avoid  the  evils  of  a 
divided  respougibility,  and  to  give  unity  and  efficiency  to  the 


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eperations  of  the  School,  the  following  plan  of  Government  and 
Discipline  has  been  adopted  : 

To  form  tlie  religious  and  moral  characters,  as  well  as  to  cul- 
tivate the  minds  of  youth,  it  is  necessary  for  the  lustructers  to 
have  control  of  all  theii*  actions  ;  for  this  reason,  the  Students 
and  Rector  of  the  Episcopal  School,  will  compose  one  family, 
and  reside  in  the  same  buildings  ;  the  Rector  being  the  Patri- 
arch or  head  of  the  family.    As  he  will  thus  sustain  the  rela- 
tion of  parent  to  his  pupils,  he  has  been  clothed  with  a  general 
parental  authority  over  the  whole  Institution.    The  entire  gov- 
ernment and  discipline  of  the  School,  are  lodged  exclusively' 
in  his  hands  ;  he  will  exercise  a  personal  superintendence  and 
control  over  each  branch  of  instruction  and  throughout  every 
department  of  the  vjistitution;  his  decision  in  every  matter  of 
the  Students,  will  be  final ;  nor  will  there  be  allowed  any  appeal 
from  him,  by  a  Stitdent,  to  the  School  Committee.    The  other 
Teachers  will  be  a  Council  of  advice  to  the  Rector,  whenever 
he  shall  choose  to  consult  them  :  but  any  measure  recommen- 
ded by  them,  which  he  may  adopt,  will  be  deemed  by  the  School 
Committee,  to  be  his  own  act,  and  he  alone  held  responsible  for 
it.    All  the  Teachers  will  be  under  his  control,  both  in  the  in- 
struction of  their  several  Classes,  and  in  executing  such  parts 
of  the  Discipline  as  he  may  assign  them.    As  the  Rector  will 
thus  have  a  controlling  influence  throughout  the  whole  Institu- 
tion, he  will  be  held  responsible  by  the  Committee,  not  only  for 
his  personal  acts,  but  for  the  faithful  performance  of  duty,  by 
all  subordinate  persons,  and  for  the  general  well  being  and  suc- 
cess of  the  whole  Establishment.    As  the  Students  will  com- 
pose the  family  of  the  Rector,  tliey  v/ill  eat  at  the  same  table 
with  him  and  another  Teacher,  and  \m\e  precisely  the  sarne  Jure, 
that  they  have.     Sejiarate  apartments  will  be  appi'opriated 
for  dormitories,  study-rooms  and  recitation  rooms.    In  a  room 
adjoining  each  dormitory  and  communicating  by  a  glass  door, 
for  the  purpose  of  supervision,  an  Instructer  will  have  his  bed. 
In  each  study-room,  where  the  pupils  are  to  assemble  after 
morning  prayers,  after  breakfast,  after  dinner,  and  again  af- 
ter supper,  to  prepare  for  recitation,  a  Teacher  will  be  con- 
stantly present.    When  the  Recitation  hour  arrives,  the  seve- 


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ral  classes  will  retire  to  t1\eir  respective  recitation  rooms.  By 
these  means,  all  the  studying  of  the  Scholars  will  be  done  under 
the  immediate  supervision  of  an  Instructer.  A  recess  between 
study  hours,  will  be  given  for  recreation  and  exercise  ;  these 
will  be  as  regularly  prescribed  to  each  Student  as  his  literary 
exercises,  and  they  will  be  under  the  immediate  inspection  of 
the  Rector.  All  active,  innocent  amusements  will  be  allowed 
and  encouraged  ;  but  no  sedentary  games.  No  laborious  em- 
ployments will  be  enjoined,  nor  any  Mechanic  art  taught.  In 
a  healthy  country,  where  delightful  groves  and  spacious  grounds 
are  provided  for  boys,  and  a  regular  alternation  between  study 
and  exercise  is  allowed,  it  is  believed,  their  youthful  feelings  and 
buoyant  spirits  will,  of  themselves,  prompt  them  to  take  full  as 
much  exercise  as  their  health  may  require. 

By  these  arrangements,  the  Students  u  ill,  at  all  times,  both 
day  and  night,  in  the  study-room  and  on  the  play -ground,  be 
under  the  inspection  and  control  of  their  Teachers.    The  In- 
structers  will  thus  have  abundant  opportunity  ot  keeping  up  a 
constant  intercourse  with  tlieir  pupils.    This  intercourse,  we 
wish  it  distinctly  understood,  will  be  that  of  Christian  parents 
with  their  children.    It  will  be  the  duty  of  the  Rector  to  re- 
gard all  the  Students  as  his  children,  and  to  govern  them  as 
he  would  liis  own  family — holding  up  the  same  motives,  and 
adopting  the  same  measures,  to  make  them  diligent  in  their  stu- 
dies and  exemplary  in  their  behaviour,  that  a  Christian  parent 
should  with  his  children.    The  Teachers  will  study  to  strip 
their  government  of  that  reserved,  formal  and  constrained  cha- 
racter, which  commonly  marks  the  relation  between  Master  and 
Scholar,  and  endeavor  to  make  it  affectionate,  confidential  and 
intimate.    By  means  of  tliis  unreserved  intercourse,  they  v/ill 
be  able,  it  is  thought,  to  secure  in  the  most  effectual  manner, 
(ill  the  objects  of  the  School.    They  will  be  able  constantly,  to 
inspect  the  morals  of  their  pupils^  to  warn  them  affectionately,  of 
approaching  danger;  to  watch  over  their  health;  to  advise  and  ex- 
hort them  privately;  to  mould  their  characters,  and  to  guide  them 
in  the  paths  of  virtue  and  knowledge.    From  such  an  affection- 
ate and  every-day  communication,  between  intelligent  and  pious 
men  on  the  one  liand,  and  susceptible  and  ingenuous  youth  on 

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the  other,  the  Committee  cannot  but  look  for  the  happiest  re- 
sults.   Indeed,  they  rely  much  for  the  success  and  efficiency  of 
the  Institution,  as  a  means  of  Christian  education,  upon  this  per- 
^     sonal  and  familiar  intercourse  between  Instructers  and  pupils. 
The  Christian  and  parental  principles  on  which  the  Episcopal 
School  is  founded,  will  pervade  every  department  of  the  Insti- 
tution, and  give  character  to  all-its  proceedings.    The  disci- 
pline of  the  School  will,  therefore,  be  entirely  Parental  disci- 
pline,  conducted  on  purely  Christian  pri?iciples.    The  Rector 
being  invested  with  such  authority,  will  be  able  to  exercise  the 
discipline  of  the  School  in  that  truly  parental  and  Christian 
spirit,  which  is  here  intended.    In  his  government,  it  will  be 
his  constant  aim  to  combine,,  as  has  been  well  expressed,  "the 
maximum  of  vigilance  with  the  minimum  of  punishment."*  A 
leading  feature  of  the  discipline,  will  be  its  prevetitive  nature. 
It  will  aim,  by  a  prudent  foresight,  to  prevent  the  occurrence 
of  offences  among  the  Students,  rather  than  to  punish  thewi 
when  committed,  on  the  same  principle  that  a  wise  parent  would 
much  prefer  securing  his  child,  by  due  precaution,^  against  bad 
habits,  to  even  the  most  th.orough  reformation  of  such  habits, 
wlien  once  contracted.    It  is  confidently  believed  that  the  vigi- 
lance of  the  present  Rector,  aided  by  his  familiar  acqiKiintance 
with  the  propensities  and  habits  of  boys,  and  by  the  co-operation 
of  the  other  Teachers,  will  be  able  to  effect  much  by  this;)?T- 
ventivc  discipline,  steadily  pursued. 

To  assist  the  Teachers  in  keeping  the  Scholars  from  tempta- 
tioii,  tlie  following  regulations  have'been  adopted  by  the  School 
Committee. 

1.  Particular  vidlance  shall  be  used  by  the  Rector  and  other 
'i'eachers  under  his  direction,  to  preserve  the  Students  from 
the  corrurning  influence  of  an  improper  intercourse  with  the 
City  near  v/hich  they  reside.  So  boy,  under  any  pretence 
whatever,  sliall  be  allowed  to  liave  his  associates  out  of  the 
School;  nor  at  any  time  to  Itmve  the  premises  of  the  Institu- 
tion, except  in  strict  conformity  witli  such  regulations  as  the 
Rector  may  establish. 


*  Coleridge. 


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In  regard  to  the  situation  of  the  Episcopal  School,  the  Com- 
mittee feel,  that  they  can  recommend  it,  as  combining  health, 
beauty  and  commodiousncss.  The  grounds  situate  about  a  mile 
west  of  the  Capitol  in  the  city  of  Raleigh,  on  a  gradual  eminence, 
comprise  more  than  150  acres  of  dry,  sloping.  Oak  forest  5  af- 
fording ample  space  for  buildings,  exercise,  and  every  purpose 
connected  with  the  School.  Its  site,  therefore,  will  be  at  a  suf- 
ficient distance  from  the  City  to  enable  the  Rector  to  carry  into 
full  effect  this  feature  in  our  system  which  aims  at  cutting  off 
all  communication  between  the  pupils  and  the  town. 

2.  No  Student  shall  be  allowed  to  have  an  account  at  any 
Store,  or  other  place  in  the  City;  or  to  purchase  any  article 
(except  with  his  pocket  money)  without  the  permission  of  the 
Rector.  Every  Student,  previous  to  his  admission  into  the 
School,  will  be  required  to  pay  into  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer, 
all  the  funds,  of  every  description,  which  he  may  have,  and 
likewise  to  pay  over  all  other  funds,  which  he  may  receive 
during  the  Session ;  for  which  the  Treasurer's  receipt  will  be 
given.  Stated  allowances  for  pocket  money  will  be  given  to 
each  Student,  under  such  regulations  as  the  Rector  may  pre- 
scribe. And  it  is  desirtd  that  these  allov/ances  may  be  as  small 
and  as  nearly  alike  for  all  the  Students,  as  practicable.  At 
the  end  of  the  Session,  an  account  will  be  rendered  to  the  Pa- 
rent or  Guardian  of  each  Student ;  stating  the  amount  of  money 
paid  to  the  Treasurer  by  the  Student — the  allowance  made  to 
him  for  pocket  money — the  amount  of  his  expenses  at  the  School 
during  the  Session,  and  the  sum,  if  any,  refunded  to  him  at  the 
close  of  the  Session.  Any  evasion  on  the  part  of  a  student,  in 
complying  with  the  true  spirit  and  meaning  of  this  regulation, 
will  be  particularly  noticed,  even  to  his  dismission,  if  neces- 
sary, from  the  School. 

3.  All  the  Students  will  be  required  to  dress  so  as  to  com- 
bine plainness,  neatness,  and  cheapness ;  but  no  uniform  is 
established  for  the  School. 

4.  A  select  Library  will  be  provided  for  the  reading  of  the 
Students  during  their  leisure  hours.  No  Student,  therefore, 
need  purchase  any  Books  for  his  private  reading ;  and  none  will 
be  admitted  into  the  School,  but  such  as  are  entirely  consistent 


with  the  character  of  the  Institution.  The  Rector  will,  at  any 
time,  withdraw  from  the  Students,  all  Books  and  Pamphlets  of 
which  he  may  disapprove. 

5.  Whenever  the  Rector  discovers  that  the  conduct  of  a  boy, 
is  exercising  a  corrupting,  a  disorderly,  or  otherwise  injurious 
influence  on  the  other  Students,  he  will,  if  the  case  be  urgent, 
forthwith  dismiss  him  from  the  School ;  if  not,  he  will  respect- 
fully request  the  parent  to  withdraw  him  ; — and  if  he  be  not  re- 
moved in  a  reasonable  time,  he  will  dismiss  him. 

Another  important  feature  in  the  Discipline,  resulting  from 
the  Christian  principles  of  the  Scliool,  will  be  the  character 
of  the  motives  held  up  to  make  the  Students  diligent  and  ex- 
emplary. All  the  incitements  to  exertion,  which  address  them- 
selves to  the  pride  and  worldly  ambition  of  the  pupil,  will  be 
systematically  excluded  from  the  Institution.  A  spirit  of  emu- 
lation and  rivalry  among  Students  would  surely  be  out  of  place 
in  a  Christian  Seminary.  The  ordinary  methods  of  exciting 
them,  must  therefore  be  avoided.  No  honors  or  distinctions  in 
Scholarship  will  be  given  at  the  Examinations.  These  induce- 
ments to  study,  were  they  lawful,  only  influence  a  comparative- 
ly small  portion  of  a  class,  while  they  leave  the  large  majority 
untouched  by  their  influence.  Besides,  these  motives  are  like 
mechanical  springs,  which  operate  no  longer  than  they  are  ap- 
plied. They  cease,  of  course,  when  the  youth  quits  the  Insti- 
tution. Many  a  young  man,  under  these  artificial  stimulants, 
has  highly  distinguished  himself  at  College,  and  awakened  in 
the  bosom  of  his  delighted  friends  the  most  sanguine  hopes  of 
his  future  eminence,  only  to  sink  into  early  and  hopeless  obscu- 
rity. 

On  the  contrary,  it  should  be  the  aim  of  Christian  education, 
to  bring,  as  early  as  possible,  the  youthful  mind  under  the  habi- 
tual influence  of  those  conscientious  motives^  wliich  should  re- 
gulate the  conduct  of  maturer  years. 

But  the  radical  objection  to  these  motives,  in  a  course  of 
Christian  education  is,  that  they  are  inconsistent  with  the  spirit 
of  the  Christian  religion.  No  Christian  parent  would  rejoice 
to  see  his  own  sons  acting  towards  each  other  under  the  influ- 
ence of  these  passions.    "Emulation,"  which  has  been  well 


defined,  ^'a  desire  of  surpassing  others,  tor  the  sake  of  supe- 
riority," has  been  justly  pronounced  ''an  k nhal low ed  lirincu 
pie ;  it  can  scarcely,  if  at  all,  be  disjoined  from  jealousy  and 
envy — from  pride  and  contention.  It  is  a  principle  of  such 
potency,  as  to  be  likely  to  engross  the  whole  mind,  especially 
of  the  young  and  ardent,  and  to  turn  it  habitually  and  violently 
from  those  motives,  which  it  should  be  the  great  business  of  edu- 
cation to  cherish  and  render  permanent  in  the  mind;  namely, 
a  sense  of  duty,  and  gratitude  and  love  to  God."^  Instead, 
therefore,  of  these  temporary,  partial  and  unliallowed-'  excite- 
ments to  exertion,  the  Episcopal  School  will  appeal  only  to  those 
that  are  truly  Christian  in  their  character  and  influence;  and 
which  may  continue  to  operate,  with  increasing  force,  during 
the  whole  period  of  existence.  The  Committee,  therefore,  feel 
that  none  hwt  Christian  motives  can,  consistently  with  its  cha- 
racter, be  introduced  into  a  Christian  School,  to  promote  Chris- 
tian diligence  and  good  behaviour. 

The  same  principles  will  govern  the  Rector's  treatment  of 
offending  pupils.  He  will  deal  with  them  precisely  as  a  Chris- 
tian parent  should  with  his  own  children.  His  great  object  be- 
ing to  make  them  sensible  of  their  faults ;  and  to  lead  them,  by 
all  the  methods  which  the  Christian  religion  sanctions,  to  genu- 
ine repentance  and  amendment  of  life.  The  parental  authority 
with  which  the  Rector  is  clothed,  accompanied  by  that  real 
fatherly  anxiety  for  the  welfare  of  his  pupils,  which  it  is  hoped 
he  will  always  feel,  will  enable  him  to  manage  offences  and  re- 
form offenders,  much  more  successfully  than  minute  pre-esta- 
blished regulations.  And  as  the  responsibility  of  the  Rector 
to  the  School  Committee  will  be  in  exact  proportion  to  the  ex- 
tent of  his  authority,  that,  will  be  the  best  security,  that  his 
discretionary  powers  will  not  be  improperly  used. 

STUDIES,    sessions,  &C. 

The  Studies  are  to  embrace  a  thorough  course  of  instruction 
in  the  English  language,  from  reading  and  writing,  to  its  connect 
use  in  speaking  and  composition. 


*  Babin^ton  on  Chrretian  Education. 


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llie  Greek  and  Latin  languages  to  any  required  extent,  with 
the  history  of  Greek  and  Latin  Literature,  from  written  lec- 
tures. The  French,  German,  Italian,  and  Spanish  Languages 
and  Literature. 

Pure  and  mixed  Mathematics ;  Natural  Philosophy  and  As- 
tronomy. The  application  of  Ti  igonometry  to  the  mensuration 
of  Heights  and  Distances,  Surveying  and  Levelling,  will  be 
taught  both  theoretically  and  practically,  by  Field  Exercises. 

Ancient  and  Modern  History  and  Chronology — Ancient  and 
Modern  Geography,  and  Statistics. 

Logic;  Rhetoric;  English  composition;  the  History  of  English 
Literature,  and  the  cultivation  of  the  powers  of  taste. 

Book-keeping  ;  the  statement  of  Accounts,  the  drawing  of 
ordinary  Instruments  of  Business;  and  in  general,  to  furnish  a 
young  man  with  such  information  as  will  fit  him  to  discharge, 
with  ease  and  accuracy,  the  duties  and  business  of  ordinary  life. 

Religious  Studies, — Regular  and  systematic  instruction  will 
be  given  in  the  HOLY  SCRIPTURES ;  in  natural  Theology, 
Moral  Philosophy,  the  evidences  of  revealed  Religion,  the  His- 
tory of  the  Church,  the  Doctrines,  Discipline  and  Worship  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church.  The  Students,  in  company 
^vith  their  Teachers,  w  ill  also  regularly  attend  Public  worship 
in  Christ  Church,  Raleigh;  except  such  of  the  day-scholars  as 
may  be  required  by  their  parents  to  go  with  them  to  other 
places  of  worship. 

The  Episcopal  School  will  regard  the  critical  study  of  the 
Greek  and  Roman  Classics,  as  the  very  foundation  of  its  course 
of  liberal  instruction  ;  as  the  basis  of  all  true  learning  and  taste  ; 
as  capable  of  being  made  to  exercise  an  important  influence  in 
favor  of  the  Christian  Religion,  and,  when  studied  in  connexion 
with  pure  Mathematics,  as  the  very  best  discipline  of  the  mind. 
It  will  aim,  therefore,  to  produce  thorough  Scholars  in  Classical 
learning,  by  leading  the  pupils  into  an  accurate  study  of  the 
Historians,  Poets,  Orators  and  Philosophers  of  Antiquity;  and 
a  familiar  acquaintance  with  Ancient  Geography,  Mythology, 
History  and  Antiquities,  as  indispensable  for  understanding 
and  relishing  the  various  allusions  in  the  Classic  Authors. 


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Written  exercises  in  Latin  and  Greek,  and  the  process  of 
double  translations  in  writing,  will  be  begun  earlj,  and  con- 
tinued throughout  the  whole  course  of  study.  Written  lec- 
tures on  the  History  and  principal  Authors  of  Greek  and  Latin 
literature,  will  also  be  delivered  when  the  Students  are  suffi- 
ciently advanced  to  profit  by  them. 

But  in  this  unaffected  zeal  for  Classical  learning,  the  Chris- 
tian character  of  the  School  will  not  be  lost  sight  of ;  nor  the 
importance  of  guarding  against  the  lax  principles  and  impuri- 
ties of  the  heathen  classics.  That  these  classics  may  be  taught, 
not  only  without  harm  to  the  Christian  principles,  but  so  as  to 
aftbrd  assistance  to  the  cause  of  the  Christian  faith,  is  abun- 
dantly confirmed  by  the  fact,  tliat  "  the  great  champions  of  the 
Christian  religion,  Grotius,  Stillingfleet,  Lardn^r,  Paley, 
Leland,  Mead,  Bishop  Newton  and  a  host  of  others,  have  laid 
all  classic  antiquity  under  contribution  for  materials,"*  for  the 
defence  of  revealed  truth.  But  not  to  exhaust  this  argument, 
who  that  has  read  the  Christian  poem  of  "Paradise  Lost,"  in- 
stinct as  it  is  with  classic  feeling  and  allusio-*,  shall  deny  to 
his  child,  the  study  of  antiquity  ?  and  what  the  greater  impos- 
sibility of  guarding  against  the  impurities  of  Anacreon,  Horace 
and  Ov  id,  than  those  of  Shakespeare,  Dryden  and  Pope  ^ 

Expurgated  editions  of  the  classics,  will  invariably  be  used 
where  good  ones  can  be  had?  but  the  chief  reliance  for  shielding 
the  pupil  from  the  immoral  influences  of  ancient  authors,  will 
be  placed  on  the  Christian  character  and  vigilance  of  the 
Teachers.  It  will  be  their  aim  to  teach  the  classics  on  Chris- 
tian principles;  and  setlulously  to  avail  themselves  of  the  fa- 
vorable opportunities  which  it  is  believed  they  will  afford  for 
ihev^ing  the  truth,  inculcating  the  distinguishing  principles, 
and  infusing  the  spirit  of  Christianity"  into  their  pupils. 

It  is  not  intended,  however,  to  over-estimate  the  importance 
of  classical  studies.  They  are  highly  important,  but  the  study 
of  the  English  language  is  absolutely  essential.  English  Gram- 
mar; the  study  of  the  English  classics;  a  facility  of  English 

*  Rev.  Mr.  Soalmr)-  on    The  stnfly  of  th,-  0]as=:ics  on  Christian  prin-^ 


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composition;  Arithmetic;  a  knowledge  of  Accounts;  Geogra- 
phy; a  good  hand-writing,  and  even  correct  spelling,  are  of 
the  first  importance,  because  necessary  to  persons  of  all  pro- 
fessions and  pursuits.  In  the  course  of  study  in  the  Episcopal 
Scliool,  the  claims  of  English  learning  will  be  fully  acknow- 
ledged and  amply  provided  for.  It  will  aim  to  eftect  both  these 
objects:  to  secure  a  complete  course  of  English  instruction  to 
classical  scholars,  and  to  furnish  Students,  who  do  not  studj 
the  classics,  with  such  a  liberal  English  education,  as  will  tho- 
roughly fit  them  for  Farming,  Merchandise,  or  any  other  active 
business  of  life,  which  does  not  require  a  knowledge  of  the 
learned  languages.  The  best  methods  of  teaching  the  different 
branches  of  learning,  both  by  lectures  and  by  recitations,  will 
be  constantly  adopted,  according  to  successive  improvements 
of  the  best  Seminaries,  both  in  this  country  and  in  Europe. 

In  teaching,  great  reliance  will  be  placed  on  oral  instruction^ 
for  without  doubt,  no  set  of  School  Books  can  supersede  the 
necessity  of  the  Teacher,  or  render  unimportant  his  viva  voce 
instruction.  The  Teachers  will  be  assisted  in  these  *'Oral 
Lectures,"  as  they  have  been  happily  called,*  by  the  use  of 
Maps,  Charts,  Globes,  Landscapes,  Models,  or  Prints  of 
Ancient  and  Modern  objects  of  interest. 

There  v.  ill  be  two  sessions  in  the  year;  each  concluding  with 
a  public  Examination.  The  winter  session  to  begin  in  January, 
and  to  end  on  the  third  Thursday  in  June.  The  summer  ses- 
sion to  begin  on  the  Friday  after  the  fourth  Thursday  in  June, 
and  to  end  on  the  Wednesday  after  the  fourth  Monday  in  No- 
vember. The  winter  vacation  will  be  seven  weeks;  and  the 
summer  recess,  one  week.t  The  length  of  each  Examination, 
and  consequently  the  day  on  which  it  begins,  will  be  deter- 
mined by  the  School  Committee.  And  tliat  it  may  be  a  real 
test  of  the  scholarship  and  improvement  of  the  pupils,  it  will 
be  conducted  by  an  examining  Committee,  previously  appoint- 
ed.   The  Teacliers  of  the  School  to  be  present  at  the.  Exami- 

*  Professor  Hooper's  Lecture  before  the  North-Carolina  Institute. 
j-This  arrangement  is  made  at! th  express  reference  to  the  CoMMEycE- 
•MEyT  of  our  Univerpity. 


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nation  of  the  several  classes,  but  to  take  no  part  therein,  vm^ 
less  particularly  requested  by  the  Examiners.  No  report, 
however,  on  the  relative  merits  of  the  Students  will  be  made. 

New  Students  can  be  admitted  into  the  School  at  any  time^ 
but  a  punctual  attendance  at  the  opening  of  each  session  is  much 
desired.  Boys  will  be  received  at  any  age,  at  which  parents 
are  willing  to  trust  them  from  the  parental  roof. 

it  will  be  seen,  that  the  Scliool  is  avowedly  Episcopal  in  its 
character^  but  it  is  open  to  all  who  choose  to  send  their 
children:  and  on  application  for  admission,  no  enquiry 
will  be  made  as  to  the  religious  creed,  felther  of  the. 
parent  or  of  the  scholar. 

Each  student  must  be  provided  with  a  copy  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures  and  of  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer. 

TEACHERS. 

Whatever  time  and  labour  may  be  bestowed  in  devising  the 
discipline  of  a  School,  and  in  marking  out  its  course  of  instruc- 
tion, the  Committee  are  fully  aware,  that  after  all,  its  real 
value  must  depend  chiefly  upon  the  character  and  qualifica- 
tions of  the  Teachers  ;  and  they  are  willing  that  the  fate  of 
the  Episcopal  School  should  be  decided  on  these  grounds. 

While  irom  the  Christian  character  of  the  Institution,  the 
School  Cominittee  have  felt  constrained  to  take  especial  care 
tl)at  nohs  be  employed  as  Teachers  wlio  are  not  communicants 
of  the  Church  ;  they  cannot  but  think  themselves  fortunate  in 
having  secured  the  services  of  a  gentleman,  as  Rector  of  the 
School,  who,  from  personal  character,  from  unusual  opportunir 
ties  and  from  long  and  successful  experience,  is  so  admirably 
qualified  for  the  business  of  Education.  Mr.  Cogswell,  the 
Rector  of  the  School,  is  a  graduate  of  Harvard  Universitv  in 
Cambridge,  and  was  afterwards  Professor  of  Mineralogy  in  that 
University.  For  the  benefit  of  Foreign  travel,  and  to  inform 
himself  beyond  what  the  Institutions  of  this  country  alFordedj 
he  went  to  Europe,  where  he  spent  six  years,  visiting  the  most 
important  countries,  and  observing  and  comparing  with  one  an- 
ether,  the  most  celebrated  Seminaries  of  learning  on  the  Con,^ 


is 


tinent  of  Europe.  He  studied  the  languages  anil  literature  of 
Germany,  France  and  Italy,  in  those  cities  of  the  several  coun- 
tries, which  were  most  esteemed  for  their  accomplishments, 
and  for  the  elegance  and  accui  acy  with  which  they  spoke  their 
native  tongues.  Two  years  were  passed  by  him  in  Germany, 
attending  the  Lectures  of  the  most  eminent  Professors,  and  pro- 
secuting his  Studies  in  the  celebrated  Universities  of  that  coun- 
try. He  resided  sometime  in  the  University  of  Berlin,  on  ac- 
count of  the  purity  witli  which  the  German  language  is  spoken 
in  that  city  ;  but  his  chief  residence  was  in  Gottingen,  by  the 
University  of  which  city,  the  degree  of  Doctor  in  Philosophy 
was  in  due  form  conferred  upon  him. 

At  this  time,  Mr.  Cogswell  had  formed  the  design  of  devoting 
himself  to  the  Education  of  youth  in  his  own  country.  The 
first  Prospectus  of  the  Round  Hill  School  states,  that  "even 
while  abroad,"  he  cherished  the  hope  of  one  day  erecting  in 
his  own  country,  an  Institution  for  the  liberal  education  of  boys^ 
and  that  to  fit  himself  for  the  task,  he  spent  much  time  in  vis- 
iting and  comparing  those  places  of  Education,  wliich  were  in 
greatest  esteem."  After  his  return  to  the  United  States,  such 
was  his  desire  to  realize  his  long  cherished  hope  of  establishing, 
on  an  improved  plan,  an  Institution  designed  for  the  early  stages 
of  Education,  that  he  voluntarily  resigned  the  Professorship 
which  he  then  held  in  the  University  at  Cambridge  j.and  in 
connexion  with  another  Gentleman,  opened  the  Round  Hill 
School  **for  the  liberal  education  of  boys."  For  more  than 
ten  years,  he  has  had  the  direction  of  that  Institution.  After 
having  become  familiar,  by  personal  observation,  with  the  Lite- 
rary Institutions  of  Europe,  of  every  rank,  and  after  having  his 
observation  of  foreign  Seminaries  improved  hy  ten  years'  perso- 
nal experience  in  the  business  of  Education,  he  comes  to  take 
charge  of  the  Episcopal  School  of  North-Carolina.  The  entire, 
governn  ent  and  discipline  of  the  School,  and  a  superinte^iding 
control  over  the  instruction  and  every  other  department  of  the 
Institution,  are  placed  in  his  hands.  It  is  the  decided  opinion 
of  the  School  Committee,  that  the  friends  of  sound  learning,  of 
thorough  mental  discipline,  and  of  religious  and  physical  Edu- 
cation in  our  State,  have  good  cause  to  rejoice  at  such  an  ad- 
dition to  the  band  of  instructers  at  the  South. 


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Tiie  Rev.  Mr.  Saunders,  the  Chaplain  of  the  School,  it  is 
supposed,  is  generally  known  to  the  Diocess  He  is  a  graduate 
of  our  University,  and  for  four  years  was  Tutor  in  that  Insti- 
tution: afterwards,  he  had  charge  of  the  classical  department 
of  an  Academy  in  our  State  for  five  years.  To  his  care,  the 
religious  instruction  and  training  of  the  pupils,  will  be  particu- 
larly entrusted. 

Mr.  Hooper,  the  third  Teacher,  is  also  an  alumnus  of  our 
University,  where  he  was  gi-aduated  some  years  since.  From 
that  time,  until  the  last  Commencement,  he  \yas  Tutor  in  the 
University,  and  discharged  the  duties  of  his  office  to  the  entire 
satisfaction  of  the  authorities  of  the  College. 

With  these  three  Teachers,  the  Episcopal  School  will  be 
opened;  but  it  is  the  design  of  the  Committee  to  add  to  their 
number  so  soon  as  the  state  of  the  School  shall  require  it. 

EXPENSES. 

It  wdll  not  be  expected,  that  Education,  in  all  its  branches., 
intellectual,  religious  and  physical,  like  that  provided  by  the 
Episcopal  School,  can  be  afforded  at  the  ordinary  price  of 
board  and  tuition  at  an  Academy,  where  professedly  nothing 
but  literary  instruction  is  to  be  given.  When  Parents,  there- 
fore, are  considering  the  difference  between  the  expenses  of 
the  Episcopal  School  and  of  a  common  Academy,  we  w^ish  them 
artso  to  take  into  their  estimate,  the  nature  and  the  general  ob- 
jects of  the  two  institutions.  According  to  the  usual  practice^ 
of  Academies  in  our  State,  the  time  which  Students  are  pre- 
sent with  their  Instructers,  is  about  6  or  7  hours  a  day.  The 
remainder  of  the  24  hours,  that  is,  about  3-4  of  the  whole 
time,  is  spent  by  tlie  Teacher  and  Students  entirely  separate 
from  each  other;  the  latter  perhaps  at  their  boarding  houses, 
or  at  less  proper  places.  During  the  whole  of  this  time,  the 
Teachers,  of  course,  exercise  no  supervision  over  their  scholars; 
no  inspection  of  their  morals  and  habits;  no  control  of  their 
associates,  or  the  places  of  their  resort.  They  can  exert  no  reli- 
gious and  moral  influence  over  their  minds  and  feelings,  by 
affectionate  and  familiar  intercourse;  they  can  impart  no  usefu'l 


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information  by  free  conversation,  in  answer  to  their  enquiries* 
In  sliort,  during  the  greater  part  of  their  time,  they  can  do 
nothing  to  guide,  train  and  educate  their  pupils  in  the  paths  of 
virtue,  religion  and  knowledge. 

From  the  foregoing  account  of  the  Episcopal  School,  it  has 
been  seetJ,  that  it  is  the  high  aim  of  that  Institution  to  accom- 
plish all  these  objects;  and  by  the  blessing  of  God,  we  believe 
they  will  be  effected  in  some  good  degree.  As  the  School  will 
constitute  one  family,  the  Students,  it  has  been  seen,  will  eat 
at  the  same  table  with  the  Rector,  and  be,  while  in  their  sleep- 
ing apartments,  under  the  supervision  of  a  Teacher;  they  will 
do  all  their  studying  in  the  school  room,  where  a  Teacher  will 
be  constantly  present;  and  all  their  recreations  and  exercises 
will  be  regularly  taken  under  the  eye  of  the  Rector.  By  these 
means,  the  wliole  time  of  the  Students,  both  by  night  and  by 
day,  will  be  spent  in  company  with  the  Rector  or  with  some 
other  Teacher;  and  a  constant,  affectionate  and  unrestrained 
intercourse  will  be  kept  up  between  them.  The  Teachers  will 
have  no  other  business,  no  other  livelihood;  their  whole  time 
will  be  devoted  to  the  improvement  of  their  pupils  in  morals, 
health,  religion  and  knowledge.  For  such  advantages,  surely 
a  parent  will  be  willing  to  pay  more  than  for  merely  the  usual 
quantity  of  instruction  at  a  common  Academy. 

It  should  also  be  borne  in  mind,  that  more  Teachers  will  be. 
nece^iafy  to  carry  on  such  a  system  of  Education,  than  would 
be  -Efficient  to  give  the  usuaPmstruction  6  or  7  hours  in  the 
day;  bjesides,  when  a  Teacher  gives  up  his  whole  time  and 
talents,  to  the  improvement  of  his  pupils,  it  is  but  reasonable 
that  he  should  receive  a  more  liberal  compensation. 

The  Committee  4re  aware  of  no  Institution .  at  the  South,  of 
the  same  nature  with  the  Episcopal  School,  with  which  to  com- 
pare it  in  the  item  of  expense;  but  such  Seminaries  exist  in 
other  parts  of  our  country;  and  to  enable  those  who  are  inter- 
ested, to  make  a  fair  comparison  between  the  expenses  of  the 
Episcopal  School  and  other  institutions  having  the  same  objects, 
the  Committee  have  obtained,  and  present  the  best  information 
i»  their  power.    There  is  one  such  institution  in  Massachusetts 


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and  there  are  three  in  the  middle  States;  and  from  the  printed 
documents  published  by  the  proprietors  of  these  Schools,  the 
prices  of  board,  tuition,  &c.  have  been  extracted,  and  they  arc 
as  follows: 

1.  The  Round  Hill  School,  Massachusetts,  price 
formerly  it  was  S  300. 

2.  The  Flushing  Institute,  Long-Island,  New-\ork,  under 
the  care  of  the  Rev.  W.  A.  Muhlenberg,  price  $250,  with  a 
matriculation  fee  of  $25,  for  each  new  Student,  and  an  extra 
charge  ot  $80  per  year,  for  instruction  in  French  and  Instm- 
mental  Music. 

3.  The  Select  Preparatory  School,  of  tlie  Bristol  Collegiate 
Institution,  Pennsylvania,  price  $200. 

These  are  public  Schools,  extensively  known,  of  established 
character,  and  aiming  at  the  same  general  objects  as  the  Epis- 
copal School. 

4.  The  remaining  two  are  of  the  same  kind,  but  more  limited 
in  their  accommodations;  the  Students  living  in  the  private 
families  of  the  Instructers,  viz;  A  Select  Classical  School, 
Westchester  County,  New- York,  price  $200;  and 

A  private  School  in  New-Jersey,  on  the  Delaware,  price 
$  250. 

These  institutions  too,  it  should  be  remarked,  are  none  of 
them  situated  in  Cities,  but  all  in  country  villa^es^  where  pro- 
visions are  at  a  low  price. 

It  is  however  proper  to  state,  that  the  rate  of  expenses  in 
the  Episcopal  School  was  not  determined  by  an  examination  of 
the  prices  of  similar  institutions;  but  by  a  patient  and  careful 
estimate.  In  fixing  the  annual  charge  at  $175,  the  Committee 
believe, that  they  have  put  it  as  low  as  Christian  Education  in 
all  its  branches,  of  secular  and  religious  instruction,  constant 
moral  supervision,  mental  and  religious  training  and  provision 
for  health,  could  be  afforded  in  North-Carolina;  and  this  belief 
is  strengthened  by  a  consideration  of  the  prices  in  other  Schools 
in  the  above  list 

On  this  subject  of  expense,  it  may  be  satisfactory  to  mention, 
that  it  is  intended  to  keep  a  full  and  exact  account  of  the  -Re- 
venues of  the  School  derived  from  Donations  andTuition,  and  of 


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its  expenditures.  This  account  will  be  made  public  annually, 
and  if,  contrary  to  the  expectation  of  the  Committee,  any  sum 
shall  remain  in  the  Treasury  at  the  end  of  any  last  session,  the 
price  of  Board  and  Tuition  will  be  reduced  on  the  succeeding 
year.  It  is  the  purpose  of  the  Committee,  that  the  funds 
shall  be  managed  with  the  greatest  possible  economy.  To  se- 
cure for  the  School  the  ablest  Instructers,  no  expense  shall  be 
spared 5  but  this  object  being  attained,  the  other  expenses  of 
the  School  shall  be  restricted  by  a  reasonable  frugality.  The 
friends  of  the  School  may  rely  that  all  the  funds  of  the  Insti- 
tion  shall  be  employed  exclusively  to  the  purposes  of  educa- 
tion, and  that  there  shall  be  no  attempt  to  accumulate  for  the 
School,  or  to  make  one  cent  of  profit  for  any  purpose. 

The  general  experience  of  Boarding  Schools  has  shewn,  that 
in  the  end,  it  is  true  economy  for  the  Students  to  own  their 
Books,  Stationery,  Beds,  bed-clothes,  and  some  other  articles 
used  by  them.  By  this  means,  the  boys  feel  the  interest  of 
property  in  thes^  articles,  and  they  consequently  take  more 
care  of  them,  and  wear  out  or  destroy  a  less  amount  during  the 
course  of  their  education.  Eaqji  Student  of  the  Episcopal 
School,  therefore,  will  have  to  furnish  his  own  School  Books, 
and  Stationery,  and  his  mattress  and  the  necessary  bedding. 
These  articles  will  be  entirely  the  property  of  the  Student^  and 
when  he  quits  the  School,  he  will  of  course  take  them  with  him. 

It  may  be  useful  to  apprize  parents  that  each  Student  should 
have  his  name  distinctly  and  durably  marked  on  his  wearing 
apparel  and  his  bed-clothes.  The  Committee,  believing  it  w  ill 
be  a  matter  of  convenience  to  parents,  will  take  the  necessary 
steps  for, having  School  Books  and  Stationery,  and  the  neces- 
sary mattresses,  supplied  to  Students  on  reasonable  terms. 

The  annual  charge  of  $175,  for  Board  and  Tuition,  is  to  be 
paid  semi-annually  at  the  beginning  of  each  session. 

The  children  of  parents  resident  in  town  or  in  the  immediate 
vicinity  of  the  School,  will  be  received  as  day-scholars  at  a 
charge  of  $  50  per  annum,  also  to  be  paid  half  yearly  in  advance. 

It  is  hoped,  that  the  preceding  Prospectus  is  sufficiently  full 
and  distinct,  to  give  a  correct  notion  of  the  Episcopal  School; 
of  the  objects  which  it  aims  to  accomplish,  and  of  the  means 
by  which,  under  the  divine  blessing,  it  hopes  to  effect  them. 


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It  will  be  seen,  that  its  standard  is  high  ;  that,  not  contenl! 
with  accomplishing  one  branch  of  Education,  while  all  the 
others  are  neglected,  it  aspires  to  furnish  a  full  Christian  Edu- 
cation in  all  its  provinces,  and  not  mere  instruction;  that  it 
aims  at  thorough  scholarship  in  classical  and  other  learning,  at 
a  thorough  system  of  intellectual  culture  and  discipline,  at 
sound  and  practical  instruction  in  the  principles  and  duties  of 
our  holy  religion,  and  in  the  Doctrines,  Discipline  and  Worship 
of  the  Church;  at  a  constant  supervision,  both  by  night  and  by 
day,  in  a  Christian  and  parental  spiiit,  of  the  morals  of  the 
pupils,  and  at  a  course  of  systematic  exercise  for  the  preserva- 
tion and  improvement  of  their  health. 

It  will  be  further  seen,  that  Christianity  will  not  simply  be. 
taught  in  its  walls  as  a  science,  but  that  the  Christian  character 
is  to  be  stamped  upon  every  thing  connected  with  it ;  that  the 
instruction  is  to  be  given  on  Christian  principles  and  in  a  Chris- 
tian spirit;  that  the  discipline  is  Christian  in  its  nature  and  ten- 
dency, and  to  be  entirely  administered  in, a  Christian  manner; 
that  the  motives  held  out  to  the  Students  are  to  be  exclusively 
Christian;  and  that  the  every  day  intercourse  of  the  Teachers 
with  their  pupils,  is  strictly  t(5  be  that  of  Christian  parents  with 
their  own  children,  endeavoring  under  divine  assistance,  to  train 
them  up  foe  active  usefulness  in  this  life,  and  for  a  happy  im- 
mortality in  the  life  to  come;  and  all  this  with  the  least  possi- 
ble expense  of  money  and  time  to  the  parents  and  the  scholars. 

It  should  be  remembered  by  all  who  contribute  by  subscrip- 
tion or  by  tuition,  to  the  support  of  the  School,  that  for  their 
children  and  for  the  Church  of  God,  it  has  been  instituted;  that 
it  has  not  been  got  up  from  aay  paltry  motive  of  profit  to  any 
one,  but  solely  for  the  great  purpose  of  advancing  true  religion 
and  diftusiug  useful  knowledge — for  the  glory  of  God  and 

THE  PUBLIC  GOOD. 

Such  4  School,  the  Committee  can,  without  hesitation,  re- 
commend to  their  fellow  Churchmen  and  to  the  friends  of  sound 
learning  and  piety,  throughout  the  State.  Upon  such  a  Schodf, 
they  can,  with  humble  assurance,  invoke  the  blessing  of  Al- 
mighty God.  And  therefore,  with  their  fervent  prayei^s  for 
'*  the  dew  of  liis  heavenly  grace,"  to  rest  upoa  the  Iuslituti>'>n, 


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they  confidently  entrust  it  to  his  Providence,  and  commit  it  to 
the  liberal  patronage  of  the  members  and  friends  of  the  Episco- 
pal Church  in  the  Diocess  of  North-Carolina. 

L.  S.  IVES,  Chair:.ian,^ 
GEO.  E.  BADGER, 
JARVIS  B.  BUXTON 
DUN.  CAMERON, 
T.  P.  DEVEREUX, 
GEO.  W.  FREEMAN, 
W.  M.  GREEN, 

fred'k.  J.  hill, 

JOS.  H.  SAUNDERS, 
GEO.E.SPRUILL, 
E.L.WINSLOW. 


^School  Committee.,.^ 


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Saleigh,  Jan'y.  8,  1834. 


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